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Ummmm....... cool, my thread is a year older. Perhaps, it may be unnecessary, but i wouldn't say useless. If it's users have a need for it, that would just mean that Starmade depends less on 3rd parties if it develops it's own tools, and it isn't necessary to stop 3rd parties, again the idea is...

That's true, but why do you need to converge if you aren't shooting at anything? Or are you concerned that the turrets would constantly be adjusting convergence since it's based on the cursor?

I kinda think this 'ranging' feature is already in game. If you have wide set fixed weapons firing in the same group, and you fire them 'focused' they already converge onto the surface of whatever the targeting reticle is on. Should work the same way with grouped turrets, only difference is that...

Perhaps some iteration of #2 and #3 would be nice, but i do not like #1 one bit.

I think this is a great idea, especially the bits about building torpedoes and having them exist as ammo AND actual cargo... custom torpedo manufacturing, etc. I feel as though, in many instances, big scary space torpedoes are usually held in reserve until "the enemies shields are down!!!"...

Primary parts in the barrel and secondary / tertiary parts in the base would at least be a move in the right direction. I suppose than the block properties could be adjusted via .cfg file to support certain builds if the user so desires (to reduce barrel / turret overall size). Shields work...

Hmm, interesting stuff here, love the idea! I'm assuming a suggestion like this is aimed more for individual human players, or AI characters, rather than the AI blocks because, as was previously stated, bobby AI turrets can all be told to "Attack Selected Target" which is mostly has the desired...

I propose allowing weapon blocks attached to the first turret part (horizontal axis) to impart their strengths / effects into the barrel portion of the turret (vertical axis). This way, a vertical column of weapon blocks will rotate with the base, within the mothership, and the barrel portion of...

Or, perhaps, a new type of 'core' module is made that is intended to control docked entities (such as turrets) remotely? All linked turrets would be slaved to this single controlling block that a player would sit in like a core, or maybe an AI could be assigned to this 'core'. I bet it would get...

I like the idea of farms and such producing trade items; revenue for the players. What if the soon to be implemented NPC creatures (NPC humanoids too?) need food to survive? That would give the food a purpose without necessarily burdening the player... If you decided to take any NPC crew aboard...

Communications based on antennas? Anyone? Also, the A.C.R.E. radio mod for the ARMA series could be a good example. Has realistic LOS, distortions, signal loss, etc.

Specifically, turrets come to mind, but since docked objects are able to utilize their hosts power reserves, can a docked object be given an additional power readout on the UI that displays the motherships power? Even just a percentage scale would be helpful.

Quite an innovative docking setup you have there Keptick :D I agree that linking a bunch of reactors to a controlling block would be a pain, and there isnt currently a reason to turn off reactors... I was just hoping for more control over ship systems and thought it might add some RP value...

If Starmade were like EVE Online, and respawning required a resource *clones*, than I would agree that this would be cool.

Not sure what it's called, hope the picture helps. I also have the sketchup save of it but cant upload that i guess. :]

Similar to the shield computer suggestion, except this block acts as a focal point for reactors. It's a controlling block for power generation. If the reactor core is destroyed than the reactors linked to it will no longer produce power. This would also allow players to turn on/off power...

Cool! I was thinking it would all be controlled by the scanner computer as it controls the antenna blocks. Dont really like how antenna strength is currently calculated, and i dont really like to think that a hard number of blocks would always give you a certain functionality either... Real...

Hi! Something that occurred to me with the new GUI update; what if radar wasn't just given to every ship with a core but was an additional function of the antenna block? It already has a manual long range scan, so why not give it the passive radar where the range and/or scan speed (refresh...

Well, i can view a huge asteroid no problem, or any other part of a shop, but as soon as the habitable area comes into view (where the npc lives) -30fps. Fps return as soon as i look somewhere else so i don't think its a 'max segments drawn' issue, at least not if that equates to view distance...